Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-07-10 | Page 1 | Seek to Renew Squatter Fight

SEEK SEEK TO RENEW SQUATTER FIGHT CHICAGO July 10 By 10 By The Associated Press Press Twelve al- al alleged al alleged cou cousins nephews and nieces gathered from the corners of the tho United States have resurrected the ghost of oC Chicago's most fa famous to- to famous squatter Captain George Georg l Wellington Streeter Their application application cation for a court right to prose prose- prosecute prosecute prosecute cute the claims of oC the lake Michi- Michi Michigan gan gan mariner to acres of or Chi Chi- Chicago Chicago Chi Chicago cago shore front valued In excess or- or 3 was taken under advisement Streeter who ho died In 19 1921 21 claimed the land on the Gold Coast or under the rights of ot a squatter and In Incourt incourt Incourt court fights which began In 1889 1883 and continued until ns os death sought to establish his title an and l make the district a sovereign state Independent of ot the state or IllinoIs and subservient only to the tho federal government Last year ear Ma o Elma Elmo Lock Lock- Locki Lockwood Lockwood wood Lock i wood was denied a II suit for damages ps against the Chicago Title and Trust com corn company company pany when Judge James Wilker- Wilker Wilkerson gon son ruled that she was v-aa not the legal wife of oC s Streeter